Improvement in parlor-skates



C. W. SALADEE.

-. PARLOR-SKATES.

Patented 'MaylG, 1876.

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Specification forming partof I Jette rs Patent N 0. 177,565, dated May 16, 1876; application filed May 8, 1576. v

To'all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, OYRUs W. SALADEE, of Washington city, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain Improvements in Parlor-Skates,'of which the following is a specification: 1 v e To enable others skilled in the art to make and usemy invention, I herewith submit the following description. 4

- The first part of my invention consists in the combination, ina parlor-skate, of a stop or brake with the coupled roller-frames, as hereinafter more fully described, in such manner that, by a slight elevation of the toe of of a parlor-skate,-so arranged and operatingthat the skate may be stopped orits progress retarded at the will of the skater.

The third part of my invention consists in securing to the front end of the skate a stop or pad, so arranged in relation to the floor as to operate like a stop, or rest, to secure a firmer hold upon the floor when in the act of using one skate to propel the other.

The fourth part of my invention consists in combining with the front coupling-bar and rear center-pin of the skatev a spring so. arranged and operating that it will tend to hold the rollers in a straight line when not directed to run the skate in curves to the right or left. The fifth part of my invention consists in piercing a conical-shaped hole through thebody of the rear center-pin of the skate, below the-fastenings, securing it in its socket having the large diameter of the hole on the rear side of the pin wherein to secure and admit of a free lateral motion of the rear end of the spring.

- is the rear center-pin.

same as'that shown and described in another application of mine.

' Fig. 2 is a'modification of the brake, secured to the rearend of the skate.

A is the front center-pin of the skate. B. A is the socket to receive .the front center-pin. B is the socket to receive the rear center-pin. O O are the fastenings, holding the centervpins intheir sockets. D is the rear projecting stop or brake, formed by the inflexible prolongation G of the rear coupling-bar J. D D. is

a modification of the brake-bar and brake. E is the front projecting stop or pad F, conical hole through rear center-pin to receive the endof spring H. H is the spring. I is the front and rear coupling-bars, constructed to carry the rollers; also to turn horizontally on the center-pins; and also to balance the weights, as described'in another application of mine. K L is the sliding joint. N O are the studs holding the front end of the spring H to the front coupling-bar.

In Fig. 1 the rear coupling-bar J is extended at G to form the stop or brake D. The bottom of the latter may or may not be provided" with a piece of hard rubber, leather, or other suitable material, to prevent wear when in contact with the floor, and to afford a better hold upon the floor or ground when acting as a brake. To operate the stop or brake, the skater has only to raise the toe of his boot, when the stop D comes in contact with the floor, and the skate is stopped, or its progress retarded, as required.

In the modification of brake seenin Fig. 2, the projecting stop D is made to serve as a lever to apply the brake D to the rollers by the same motion of the skaters boot as that which brings the other brake in contact with the floor.

The front center-pin A is extended to form the stop or pad E, or so as to receive the latter, which is so arranged in relation to the floor that it will serve as a rest against which to set the toe of the skate when using it to propel its mate on the other foot, and thus prevent the skate from slipping hackward when set in this position for this purpose. This stop may also be provided with a pad of side of the stock, and passed down through mits of the proper movement of that. end of the spring when it is sprung in the center tol the right or left. 3 I claim 1. In a parlor-skate, the combination of .the; front and rear coupled roller-frames Land-J,

rubber, lea th er, or other-material, rillhe centerpins A and B are rigidly securedztofthe under:

the sockets A and B, where they are secured by a fastening, consisting 'of a washer and pin, 0', the latterpassi-ng through the body of the center-pin just outside of the washer.

andthe-near brgakeprstqpfifwhen-constructed andtarra-ngerl =to operateasubstantiallyas de- I scribed.

' 2, The lever D, in combination with the brake D, substantially as and for the purpo e descrihed In a parlor-skate, the forward-projecting stop or pad E, substantially as and for the purpose herein set 1 forth.

4. In a parlor-skate, the spring H, in combination with the studs N O, and rear centern B, substanti ly s and 5 .the pu p ;set forth.

5. The center-pin B, ha-Vingthe conical hole F, in combination with the spring H, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7 ,OYBUS. W. SA L'ADEEP Witnesses: 'J.-W.,'HAMIL 0NJ HN N,

J. A. RUTHERFORD. 

